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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1975
Page
1
The flow of moisture into Arkansas has slowed and the weather picture has improved. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and very warm temperatures through Friday. Only precipitation expected today and Friday should be widely scattered thundershowers in the southern portion of the state.
The snippet outlines publication details for Star of Hope and includes a National Weather Service forecast noting a weak high pressure system reducing rainfall for the coming days with highs in the 90s and mild overnight lows. It lists 24 hour rainfall amounts in El Dorado and Texarkana and provides newspaper affiliations, circulation data, and subscription rates.
Lile Arnold of Hope was treated at St. Michael's hospital in fair condition after a Wednesday morning car collision on Highway 67 with Jesse Hamilton of Fouke Ark. Hamilton, charged with driving while intoxicated, was treated at a Texarkana hospital for head lacerations before posting a $1,000 bond. A second note mentions the Polish National TV Service Tower planned at Plock Poland at 2100 feet tall by 1974.
President Ford receives his second briefing in four days on oil shale development from Occidental Petroleum executive Jacoby after cancelations of a Logan Wash mine visit. Parado uses retort processing. Occidental aims to perfect underground extraction to reduce waste. Ford plans golf, calls Kissinger on shuttle diplomacy, and returns to Washington after visits to Libby Dam, Chicago, and Milwaukee.
Washington AP unions move toward ratification of a new three year contract with the Postal Service. National Association of Letter Carriers reports 70 percent counted votes over two to one in favor. American Postal Workers Union begins counting ballots with unclear outcome expected by weekend. Rural Carriers ratified earlier and Mail Handlers discuss details. The deal includes raises totaling 1500 over three years and a no layoff clause, with Bailor warning costs could rise 2 billion annually and postage may rise to 13 cents.
Hope official Jim Gunter spoke on service at the Texarkana noon Lions Club meeting. The notice warns that tampering with mail boxes is a federal offense and reports about rocks mud and other items placed in several mailboxes, prompting complaints.
Acting Warden Lloyd Hoyle says official reports show no execution or murder by Angola’s chase team after four inmates escaped last May. Two escapees Dixon and Eaves were shot and killed near the prison, a guard wounded, and one convict wounded but recaptured later. The FBI has investigated and handed findings to the Justice Department.
Obituaries list Sadie Huckabee 76 of Hope and Opal Quillin 63 of Hope with survivors and funeral details from Herndon Funeral Home. Also L D Childeres Prescott and Burley Kesterson Dierks obituaries with church and cemetery info. Virginia Vettel Rosston memorial services and ship to Ohio burial. Rome AP reports Italy's one month per year liquidation pay by law for workers.
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